Container handling systems
OwnerRoss Allan Simpsoninventor
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Abstract
A mechanism for loading and unloading a container onto a tray attached or attachable to a track or trailer vehicle. The mechanism includes a transverse assembly at each end of the tray, each assembly incorporating a centrally mounted telescoping boom, a lower part of which incorporates an extension to which opposed hydraulic rams are linked. The hydraulic rams control the swinging movement of the boom when one retracts and the other extends.
Claims8
A mechanism for loading, unloading and trans-shipping a container relative to a tray and adapted for attachment to a vehicle, the mechanism comprising an assembly mounted transversely at each end of the tray, each said assembly comprising a boom mounted by a pivot at the center of the assembly, the boom having a telescoping part and an extension part on opposite sides of the pivot, with a pair of hydraulic rams, each hydraulic ram being linked to a respective link point on said extension part, the pair of hydraulic rams being adapted to control transverse movement of the boom about the central pivot from one side of the tray to an opposite side of the tray when one of the rams retracts and the other of the rams extends, during which movement each ram remains substantially above the respective link point on said extension part.
A vehicle incorporating a container handling apparatus comprising a mechanism for loading, unloading and trans-shipping a container relative to a tray attached to the vehicle, the mechanism comprising an assembly mounted transversely at each end of the tray, each said assembly comprising a boom mounted by a pivot at the center of the assembly, the boom having a telescoping part and an extension part on opposite sides of the pivot, with a pair of hydraulic rams, each hydraulic ram being linked to a respective link point on said extension part, the pair of hydraulic rams being adapted to control transverse movement of the boom about the central pivot from one side of the tray to the other when one of the rams retracts and the other of the rams extends, during which movement each ram remains substantially above the respective link point on said extension part.
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